Trap-nest and egg-receptacle.



G. L. GARR.

TRAP NEST AND EGG RE'CEPTACLE.

APPucATloN FILED MAR. 22. 1915.

mullllllumn u n Hl H Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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G. L. CARR.

TRAP NEST AND EGG RECEPTACLE.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Ia 14x Wimllm I Vw GeorjeLUarr Illl" 4 /M @im @Drome/13a nivirnn srnrns parvenir onirica.

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'llt'APlNIIST AND EGGLRCEPTACLE.

y-To all whom may Concern Be it knownthat I, GEORGE L. CARR, a citizen ofzthe I.United States, residing at Waylan d :in the county fof 'Steuben and I k'State ol' New .-Yorlr, have invented certain kvnewanh useful Improvements in Trap-Nests f andfE-ggleceptacles; and I doldeclare the @following to abeza full,.clear, and exact de- .fscriptionlof the invention,;such as will en- V .ablegothersz skilled in theartto which it ap -laidaby the gfowlsgtrapped therein.

- e .-Thegmainobject ofthelinventionis topi-ovide la j device fof ft'his class which although being `veryEsinfnpllegin construction, .will be highlyqefcientfin operationV and will prevent 20 Ethe: breakage of"A eggs`- deposited therein.

.T zthisend, :the -oinventioni resides in certain novelzfieatures oficonstructiongandfcombination hereinafter described 4and claimed.

Indescribingthe innention, .I shall refer i kf .5' :fto the accompanying 'drawings wherein like reference @characters @designate correspondfllig parts rthroughoutgthe various :views ,and

afof a devieefconstrnctedzin accordance ywith fmyzinvention;the,partsfthereofbeingishown finv theirinorinalipositions gEig. lisa; similar lview showingithe ,positionf-oparts upon the {entrance-of a hen,andzillustratinganuniber Smet-eggs in theeggfreeeptacle; d'g. i3 :isa

fhorizontal section'as seen ,along'the plane inftdicated byathe1line.;? -;3 or" `Fig. ,v1 :Eig y elvis a @vertical :transverse :section taken on the :line i-4:,of1Eig. A'1; :Fig v5 zisfa. perspective Y 40 :view :ofmneofthemovableieggchecks-to be described.

In tlije zaccbmpanyins,` drawings, Ycon stitut- :ing azpart;ofgthe;applicationnthe:numerals 1 l and -2 f designate respectively, 'gthe lower fand fuppersections offa lrectangular casing, the

`section 2 being fremovably vpositioned iupon `fthe `lower ,section f1 andbeing held Athereon by hooks 3V orfthefequivalents thereof, while saidfsection 2 is :provided withvr a fremovable topvdesecufred rthereonby fhooks or the f like 5.

-.Formed in onerend 1 ofthe iuppergsectiong, is a @doorway 56, and f:immediately adjacent .the-sidesfo'f this doorway, upright guides 7 are disposed, 1these Iguides y'being l provided Specification of LettersPaLtent. )Patented De(3 '14,j1915, Application sied March 22, isis. semina. 16,099. l

for .the reception of a vertically moving door 8 whose loweredge is provided with a any preferred construction, while Asaid hangers support a vertically Amovable. nest 14.

The nest ll may be of any preferred ccnstrnction,rbut, is preferably in the forni of a rectnngnlarfranie l5 having a depressed lwire imesh .covering 16, this mesh covering ;beinggin.turnprovided with a'covering 17 of cloth'or the like. Both ofthe coveringsl "and 17 are `provided with alined central anest; and-rollingito the center' thereof maybe .discharged through :these openings, =these .eggs being-received by meansyebto bedescribed.

l'nforderto allow; the fowls togreadilyfenter `.the k@Section 2, and thereby enter .the nest compartment in the rear end thereof, .any preferred type of 'ledge 19 is employed ad- :j/-acent the lower Aside oi the doorway f6, i and as Clearly showninFigs Land-2, ajioor/QO I l'leads 'rearwardly from this door opening-'to a point immediately 1in advance of 'the nest 14. At this point, however, an' upright transversely disposed partition 21 ris-.l-ocated,

' tliisrpaltition extendingappropriate amounts above and below the iioor 20 or eiiectively :guiding the'nest lllinrits verticalmovement, it; being understoodthat said nestfisnornially -idisposed fin raised position, 'and that the Y weight of the door 8 retains it in1this lposiftioinlthe dooribeingzthen lowered to allow a hen ,to enter `the nest. yUponV stepping Vfrom lthe lfloor :20 ontothe nest 1li, however, the `hens `weight.overbalances the weight of the vv'door 8 withvthe result that the latter v.is

moved upwardly to close the doorway 6, thus lpreventing` other hens from entering the nest whilel the one hen :is gtrapped therein.

vlVIounted in any preferred type of V guides 122 whichincline downwardly and forwardly `fronrtheupperedgeofthe rear end of the :openings 18, whereby an egg depositedfn. the

section 1, is an egg chute 23 here shown in tion, the construction employed being also the form of a removable drawer whose front unique as will be apparent from the follow- -means whereby such eggs are prevented end projects through an opening 24 in thei'ing description.

front end wall of said section l, the drawer@` Each of the checks 30 comprises a bottom at this point being provided with an uprightjplate 31 which is preferably notched at its front end wall having any preferred typelrear end as seen at 32, said rear end being of handle by which the entire drawer niayjzlcurved upwardly in most instances, as

be removed from the section 1 and inserted into the same.

clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, while :upright actuating fingers are formed in- In the drawings, the chute 23 is shown asEtegrally and rise from the lower ends of the Usshaped in cross section and as having a Eplates 31, the checks 30 thus formed, being pair of tracks 26 disposed inv its lower cor-:provided with stub shafts or pivots 3f which ners, whereby to provide a longitudinal channel between these tracks.

Since the chute 23 is to receive therein eggs which are dropped through the openings 18, it becomes expedient to provide from being broken, not only when they'come in contact with the chute, but as they roll downwardly thereon and are suddenly checked in their movement. named purpose, a pair of upwardly converging receiving fingers 27 is secured to the v i tracks 26, near the upper ends thereof, the meeting upper ends oI the fingers 27 beingl disposed directly beneath the openings 18a It therefore follows, that if the fingers 27; are constructed of resilient material as they preferably are, the eggs deposited thereon will not be broken but will roll downwardly upon the two tracks 26. Were the eggs allowed to suddenly strike these tracks, there would be danger of breakage, it being there-k fore essential to equip the chute with a cushioning device for absorbing the shock as the eggs roll from the fingers 27. Although this device could be in practically any preferred form, it is embodied in the present application in the foim of a. sheet of liexible material 28 whose edges are secured to the tracks 26 while its intermediate portion is depressed longitudinally as shown. By this detail of construction, the eggs will be deposited upon the tracks 26 without breakage. Were the individual eggs now allowed to all roll to the lower end of the chute, breakage would undoubtedly occur, it being therefore expedient to provide a cushion or egg check 29 at the lower end of the chute and against which the first egg traveling down the latter is adapted to rest. Needless to say, if other eggs were now allowed to roll down the chute into contact with the first egg at the lower end thereof, it would be practically impossible to prevent breakage. This difficulty has been overcome, however, by the provision of a plurality of normally inactive resilient egg checks 3() which are so constructed as to cause them to be disposed to active position when an egg iemains in contact with an operating member, with which each of said checks is provided. In this provision lies one of the most salient features of the inven- For the first project laterally therefrom at the points at .which the plates 31 and 33 join. By overbalancing the one end of the members 30, it will be evident that the actuating fingers 33 will project upwardly at all times, such y' `fingers being shown in the drawings as ris- 1 .ng above the plane in which the upper sides of the tracks 26 are disposed, while the upwardly curved rear ends of the plates 31 of said members 30 are disposed considerably below such a plane.

With the parts disposed as above described, an egg deposited upon the fingers 127 will roll downwardly therefrom onto the fsheet 28 and will then travel onto the tracks r 26. Upon the latter, the egg will now roll downwardly and will strike the projecting upper ends of the several actuating fingers 33 of the checks 30. As the egg continues in its downward travel, however, the weighted plates 31 again return the members 30 to their normal positions. It is to be noted, however, that the first egg rolling down the chute is checked by the cushion 29, in such a position as to prevent the member 30 from returning to its normally inactive position. It will thus be seen that the plate 31 of this lowermost member 30 is disposed in an upright position and is spaced from the egg resting upon its linger' 33. Since all of the members 30 are formed of very resilient material, it follows that the projecting upper end of the lowermost plate 31 l act as a cushioning device for the sono" A gg traveling down the chute. It will c evident that this second egg will retain the second check 30 in active position and that similar operations take place each time an egg is rolled down the chute, the latter having a capacityof one-half dozen. Needless to say, when the chute is filled, it may be removed for the purpose of removing its contents, and may then be again disposed to active position.

It may here be explained that whether the door 8 be raised or lowered, the chute 23 may be removed, since the notch 9 in the lower edge of said door receives the chute. This also allows the door to be lowered the necessary amount, it being evident that this could not be accomplished were it not for said notch.

In the foregoing, I have described certain specific details of construction for obtaining probably the best results, and in the drawclaims. Particular emphasis is laid upon the provision of the normally inactive egg checks which are successively disposed to active position by eggs rolling down the chute.

Furthermore, by constructing these checks 'as shown vin the' drawings, they may be struck froma single strip of metal, a plurality of V-shaped cuts providing not only the notches 32 but the pointed fingers 33.

l. The combination with an inclined chute and means to deliver eggs thereto, of an egg check at the lower end of the chute, an additional movably mounted and normally inactive egg check spaced upwardly of the chute from the first named check, and a check actuating member carried by the additional check and ydisposed in the path of an egg moving downwardly on the chute, whereby to project the additional check upon the passage of an egg thereover.

2. The combination with an inclined chute and means to deliver eggs thereto, of an egg check at the lower end of the chute, an additional pivotally mounted and normally inactive egg check spaced upwardly of the chute from the first named check, and a check actuating member carried by the additional check and disposed in the path ot an egg moving downwardly on the chute, whereby to project said additional check upon the passage of an egg thereover.

3. rlhe combination with a channel-shaped egg chute and means to deliver eggs thereto, oiu an egg check disposed at the lower end of the chute, and an additional substantially right angular check spaced upwardly of the chute from the iirst named check and having one oic its ends disposed in the path of an egg moving downwardly on the chute, and a pivotal mounting tor said additional check.

4t. rhe combination with an inclined chute and means to deliver eggs thereto, of a pair of resilient receiving fingers carried by the chute and adapted to receive the eggs therebetween.

5. The combination with an inclined egg chute, and means to deliver eggs thereto, of

a pair of resilient and upwardly converging egg receivingr fingers secured to the chute and disposed substantially in the plane thereof.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set inv hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE L. CARR. l/Vitnesses:

PETER H, ZIMMERMAN, VICTOR B. ZIMMERMAN.

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